Field report of the Second Brigade, Second Division, commanded by Confederate Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, prepared on 3 August 1862, listing by rank and command the number of men present for duty in August 1862 in the area of the Comite River...

From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1910s. Title, imprint, and series statements from cover. "202." Also includes: Tom Thumb, p. [26]-[32]. Acquired from Justin G. Schiller,...

A letter, dated 2 December 1849, from Albert Sidney Johnston in Brazoria County, Texas, to General R. Jones, Adjutant General, United States Army. The letter concerns Johnston's appointment as a paymaster in the Army. Johnston planned to await...

One letter written by U. S. Brigadier General Boyle to his wife while he was in camp outside Jackson, Mississippi. The shelling of Jackson, the discovery of Jefferson Davis' papers, and events connected with the 3rd Texas Cavalry are detailed. ...

From the Adams (John Q.) Letters. Letter from John Quince Adams to his wife, Sarah Adams, dated 27 May 1862, written from a camp near Farmington in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Adams, who served in Co. E., 60th Regiment of the Illinois...

From the Weston (John) Letters. Letter from John Weston to Ezra Weston of Boston, Massachusetts, dated 24 November 1845, contains the text of a letter John Weston had received from Edmund Weston of Randolph, Vermont.

From the Weston (John) Letters. Letter from John Weston to Gersham B. Weston of Duxbury, Massachusetts, dated 16 June 1845, includes a listing of Weston family names obtained from Commer Weston of Plymouth.

Letter from Lewis McNeely in Water Valley, Mississippi, to Rev. Eli F. Cooley of Trenton, New Jersey, dated 10 March 1849, requesting release from the New Brunswick Presbytery so that he can preach to two congregations in the Chickasaw Presbytery...

Letter, dated March 8, 1864, was written by W.L. Chatham to "sis," who the donor has identified as Nancy Elizabeth Searcy. Chatham is writing from the mountains of Jefferson County, Tennessee, where he is in the Confederate Army guarding Bull's...

From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1890s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. "159."

A document issued in Richmond announcing Virginia Governor Letcher's appointment of Joseph C. Lawrence of New York City to a two-year term as a New York State Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Road report to the Board of Police, which includes a request for continued appointment as road overseer, by Alexander K. Farrar, dated 15 November 1841.